Food package



May 16, 1933.

J. W. HAWKS FOOD PACKAGE Filed March 25, 1932 ZSheets-Sheet 1 Emma two s M M W H W m 'Jfw. HAWKS FOOD PACKAGE May v1 6, 1933:

Filed March 25, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JOSEPH VV. HAWKS Patented May 16, 1933 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH W. HAWKS, OI SCBAN'I'ON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR THE wnmus v BAKERY, F SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

FOOD PACKAGE Application filed larch 25, 1932. Serial 170. 801,234.

"My invention relates to a food product, The drawings (Figures 1, 2, 3, 4., and 3 particularly with reference to a means of illustrate the various folds in the bla packaging and preserving the palatabihty forming the container, or tray for the pie. of baked pies or similar food products by Figure 1, particularly, shows the manner in roviding means whereby such artleles which the container is flattened by folding ormed and baked in pans of such side foron the longitudinal median hinges 1' and 2 mation as to be generally unfitted for wrapin the inner tray section 3 and outer tray ping in machines adapted to right-a ngularsection 4 respectively. ly shaped objects may be wrapped in such As shown in Figure 3, flaps 5, 6 integral 10 machines and at the same time making with the bottom of the inner tray section 3 Such package Of such shape and character may be formed by perforating or stampin as to promote crispness and preserve freshwhat would otherwise be the sides thereo ness in the product rather than allowmg it o u h fla uld b u d t th ut to become soggy and stale. Q sides of the inner tray section in the usual 15 Referring to the drawings: manner. Figure 1 is an end view of the eontaln l' These flaps are of sufiicient width to imcomprising my invention, llustrating its inge against the inner sides of the outer shape when completely collapsed. section 4 when the container is fully opened, Figure 2 is an end view of the s me 6011- as shown in Figures 5 and 7, and by dotted $0 tainer, illustrating the various folds, or' li i Fi 6, Th d tt d li i Fi hinges, in the blank as the c ntai i ures 5 and 7 indicate an alternative method shiped for use. of forcing said flaps downwardly into the igure 3 is a top plan View Of he 1- corner and abutting the outer section. Both mi a shown in Figure 2 wlth angles methods are effective in reinforcing the conformed by the top median hinge 1 leveled. tainer against collapse sideways.

Figure 4 is an end view of the contalner, The flaps 5, 6 may, of course, be made long illustrating its shape after angles formed h; t f ld ll l i t th i e by the bottom median hlnge 2 have been sides of the outer section 4 where they could leveled. be secured (as b pasting) if so desired.

30 Figure 5 is an end new of the container When the i i la ed i th inner t illustrating the manner in which the inner section 3, being shaped to fit snug against tray section is f r and suspended from the sides and bottom, it is'efiective in reinthe outer section. forcing the inner tray against side move- Fi re 6 1s a perspective view showing ment, so that the com ined effect of the the nished package with the pie 1n place shape of the pie and the lateral flaps 5 and 85 in the inner tray Section, nd Wl h I D 6 is the formation of a relatively steady parent wrapping applied. ackage for inserting into the wrapping ma- Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of the hine, 7

- finished package on line 77 of Figure 6. It is advisable in the case of baked food- 40 Figure 8 is an elevational view of a blank products having a liquid or moist center to for another style of container comprising prevent against their becoming sog the features of my invention. through seepage of the center through thl;

Figure 9 is an'end view of the blankilcrust. Apertures such as that formed by lustrated in Figure 8 partly folded on its the cutting Out 10f the flaps 5, 6, from the various hinges to form the tray container. sides of the inner tray section 3, aided by Figure 10 is an end view of the container additional apertures in the sides of said tray when fully formed. if necessary, allow access of the air in the Figure 11 is a perspective view of the comair space formed around the inner tray secpleted package including the pie or other tlon 1n the manner shown-1n Figures 5, 6, 7

article of food placed therein, and wrapped. to the products crust and are effective in i i i 10 tion and the outer tray section of the container.

Referring to Figures 8 to 11, illustrating another form of package comprising variousv features of my invention,,the blank (Figure 8) comprises flaps 1, 2 integral with the section forming the base of-the tray, and flaps 3, 4, which are integral with the section forming the extremes of the blank.

'When the blank is folded on its hinges as shown in Figure 9 the flaps 1, 2 remain in horizontalposition and by their removal from theplane of the surrounding portion of the blank from which they are formed create apertures in the blank comprising the inclined sides of the inner tray, as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 11. These apertures may be supplemented by others punched in the sides of such tray, if so desired, for the purposes hereinbefore explained.

The extremities of the blank are then folded as shown in Figure 10 and the flaps 3, 4 forced through the longitudinal apertures in the sides 5, 6 of the inner tray, the ends of such fiaps'forming a'retaining means by their contact with the inner sides of the tray section. It will be noted that the outer sides 7, 8 of the container are substantially vertical. and the flaps 3, 4 form a means of sustaining any article placed in the inner tlay section slightlyabove the bottom there- 0 As additional means for cooperating with the flaps 3, 4 in sustaining the article of food in the tray above the bottom thereof so as to allow air contact with the bottom of said article of food, the portion of the blank comprising the bottom of the inner tray between the lateral flaps 1, 2 (except that portion covered by the inwardly extending flaps 3, 4) may be corrugated or molded in any of the usual ways to sustain the article of food above the normal level of the bottom by contact with it at various points throughout its'bottom area. Thespace thus formed under the article placed in the container, combined with the spaces between the side members 5, 7 and 6, 8 forms air chambers under the article and along the sides of the tray containing it, and allows access of the air in such chambers to the products crust.

When the pie or similar article is placed in the container just described, and the waxed paper wrapper applied to the whole, the appackages, rather than necessitating a special type of wrapping such as would be necessary to wrap the pie without the cardboard container.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a food package, an integral openended cardboard tray comprising an outer right-angularly U-shaped section and an inner section formed by walls extending down- 1 wardly and inwardly from the edgesofsaid outer section.

2. In a food package, an integral openended cardboard tray comprising an outer right-angularly U-shaped section and an inner section formed by walls extending down wardly and inwardly from the edges of said outer section and means for sustaining the contents of said tray off the bottom thereof. 3. In a food package, an integral openendedcardboard tray comprising an outer right-angularly U-shaped section and an in ner U-shaped section suspended from'the edges of said outer section, said inners'ection having apertures in the sides thereof.

4. In a food package, an integral openended cardboard tray comprising an outer right-angularly U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from the edges of' said outer section, and outer wall impinging flaps extending from-said inner section. v

5. In a food package, an integral openended cardboard tray comprising an outer right-angularly U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from the edges of said outer section and having apertures in the sides thereof, and outer wall impinging fiaps extending laterally from said inner section.

6. In a food package, an integral openended cardboard tray comprising anouter right-angularly U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from the edges of said outer section and having apertures in the sides thereof, and outer wall impinging flaps extending laterally from said inner section and formed by the portions of the sides thereof normally closing said aperapertures substantially as described.

7. An integral collapsible cardboard tray comprising a blank with hinged folds forming an outer U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from the edges of said outer section, and a longitudinal me-' dian hinge in each of said U-shaped sections.

8. integral collapsible cardboard tray comprising a blank with hinged folds forming an outer U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from. the edges of said outer section, a longitudinal median hinge in each of said U-shaped sections, and outer wall impingnig flaps extending from said inner section.

9. An integral collapsible cardboard tray comprising a blank with hinged folds forming an outer U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from the edges of said outer section, a longitudinal median hinge in each of said U-shaped sections, said inner section having apertures in the sides thereof, and outer wall impinging flaps extendin from said inner section.

10. inte a1 collapsible cardboard tray comprising a fiank with hinged folds forming an outer U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from the edges of said outer section and having apertures in the sides thereof, a longitudinal median hinge in each of said U-shaped sections, and outer wall impinging flaps extending laterally from said inner section and formed by portions of the sides thereof normally closing said apertures.

11. An integral collapsible cardboard tray comprising a blank with hinged folds forming an outer U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from the edges of said outer section and having apertures in the sides thereof extending from their bases, outer wall impinging fla s extending.

laterally from the base of said inner section and formed by the portions of the sides thereof normally closing said apertures, and a longitudinal median hinge in each of said U-shaped sections, substantially as shown and described.

12. An integral collapsible cardboard tray comprising a tubular blank with longitudinal hinged folds forming an outer U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section susnded from the edges of said outer section, and a longitudinal hinge in each of said sections bisecting said tubular blank.

13. An integral collapsible cardboard tray comprising a tubular blank with hinged folds formin an outer U-shaped section and an inner U- aped section suspended from the edges of said outer section, a longitudinal hinge in each of said sections bisecting said tubular blank, and outer wall impinging flaps extending from said inner section.

14. An integral collapsible cardboard tray comprising a tubular blank with hinged folds forming an outer U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended fromthe edges of said outer section, a longi tudinal hinge in each of said sections bisecting said tubular blank, said inner section having apertures in the sides thereof, and outer wal impinging flaps extending from said inner section.

15. An integral collapsible cardboard tray comprising a tubular blank with hinged folds formin an outer U-shaped section and an inner U- aped section suspended from the edges of said outer section and havin a ertures in the sides thereof, a longitudina hinge in each of said sections bisecting said tubular blank, and outer wall impinging flap extending laterally from said inner section and formed by portions of the sides thereof normally closing said a ertures.

16. An integral collapsible car board tray comprising a tubular blank with hin ed folds forming an outer U-shaped section and an inner U-shaped section suspended from the edges of said outer section and having a rtures in the sides thereof extending rom their bases, outer wall im pinging flaps extending laterally from the base of said inner section and formed by the portions of the sides thereof normally closmg said apertures, and a longitudinal hinge in each of said sections bisecting said tubular blank, substantially as shown and described.

JOSEPH W. HAWKS. 

